A RANT: WHAT DO YOU DO?

Today, we are properly ranting. Yes, because I've been angry about something since 8am, and the Bible says you shouldn't let the sun go down on your anger. Hence, I'll let it go in this piece.

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I'm not an angry person. In fact, I'm the kind of person you meet and, on the very first day, we'll relate so well you'd think we've known each other forever. However, you don't want to get on my bad side.

My thing is, and I think this should be basic human decency: I won't treat you in a way I don't want you to treat me. I won't speak to you in a manner I can't stand. It's that simple.

So this morning, somebody I don't even know replied rudely to a message and suggestion I dropped in our Chemistry practical group chat. I was so pissed because, from where to where? If the response had anything to do with what I said, I would understand. But no. It was completely vague, out of context, and, again, rude.

My first thought was, is this person generally okay? Maybe they had a high fever. Maybe they dropped off their courtesy and human decency somewhere and forgot to pick them up. Or maybe, just maybe, they woke up on the wrong side of the bed, which somehow affected their ability to respond like a human being with functioning thinking faculties. Just maybe.

Now, being Favour Okwanyionu, I wasn't going to let it slide easy, because I would never speak or respond to anybody like that, therefore I won't even take it. So I replied to the person privately because it had to be a mistake, you get? But then again, this person was completely unapologetic about the message.

For me, it's the audacity to talk nonsense and still stand ten toes down in the nonsense.

And maybe I'm a little more pained because it was a girl. You'd think there would be some level of alliance or solidarity or something. But then again, people are simply themselves.

Dearest reader, why am I sharing this story or this rant?

Because at least once, or probably more than once, you've experienced someone moving mad around you. Someone has said something that made your blood boil, and yet you still let it slide because you knew it wouldn't change anything.

This experience made me realise that courtesy is a luxury in this society. For real, not everyone is sensible enough to understand how to navigate relationships and interactions with people.

Alright, that felt good. Like I poured all of that onto these pages.

What do you do when you're so upset but want to let it slide?

We already know Favour Okwanyionu writes a rant.

But you, what do you do?

@favvy_Okwans🖤.